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Daznak's Pit
“Protect your queen!”
Daario Naharis (Michiel Huisman)
The Daznak’s Pit in Osuna, Spain
It is difficult to recognize the Daznak’s Pit when you see the Osuna bullring in Spain today. But that’s where director David Nutter set up shop to film episode 9 of season 5, entitled A Dance with Dragons. Rather modern because built at the beginning of the XXth century, the arenas must be the subject of various developments. This is how special effects specialists dress up the building with digital imagery by adding other parts to it. If many extras are hired for the occasion, the compact crowd of the stands is created in post-production. The actors shoot surrounded by green screens for future inlays. The same goes of course for Drogon, the star of the sequence, whose arrival stands out as a real highlight in the whole season 5.
Figurine of Rhaegal
Complete your collection with this beautiful 15.2 cm hand-painted figurine of the dragon Rhaegal from the Game of Thrones series.
A monument modified in post-production
The Osuna bullring was chosen for its large size. A place largely modified in post-production, whose transformation is comparable to that of the Colosseum in Gladiator, the classic by Ridley Scott. The latter having commissioned a reproduction of the famous Roman monument in Malta, which he then duplicated to recreate it as it was when the circus games were in full swing, also filling the stands digitally.
A Californian company to create the dragons
The company Pixomondo has been entrusted with the creation of the Game of Thrones dragons. The artisans have thus opted for a surprising approach in order to produce realistic creatures. They started by designing the skeleton of the animals before dressing them in flesh and finally finishing with the skin. A very meticulous work at the base of some of the most impressive sequences of the series.
It is said at the beginning of Game of Thrones that the dragons became extinct 150 years ago.
Plaza de Toros de Osuna
Designed by Aníbal González, the Osuna bullring was inaugurated on May 13, 1904. It is famous for having hosted a particularly spectacular scene from the Game of Thrones series.
Inspired by the Roman amphitheater of Italica, the bullring of Osuna is composed of a track almost 48 meters in diameter. It is one of the largest in the region. The stands can accommodate 6,500 people. The site has been used several times in the filming of commercials, documentaries and television series such as Game of Thrones. The arenas are open for visits.
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